Water Tracker

A monthly assessment of trends in water supply and use for Santa Clara County, California

As of August 1, 2017

On June 13, 2017, the Board of Directors approved a resolution calling for the community to voluntarily reduce their water use 20 percent and continued certain water waste prohibitions. The resolution also recommended that all municipalities consider adopting a permanent three day per week watering restriction and resulted in a 10 percent reduction to treated contract deliveries.

Groundwater recharge in 2016 was far greater than in normal years. Preliminary water supply analysis shows that 2017 District recharge, together with natural recharge, will sustain or further improve groundwater storage in 2017.

Due to improved conditions, the District is replenishing storage in the Semitropic Water Bank that was utilized during the recent drought. So far this year the district has stored over 35,000 AF of imported supplies in the Semitropic Water Bank and plans to add an additional 30,000 AF by the end of the year.

Estimated year-to-date through July = 11,200 acre-feet or 81% of the five-year average

Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center produced an estimated 1.3 billion gallons (3,900 acre-feet) of purified water in 2016. Since the beginning of 2017, about 1,800 acre-feet of purified water has been blended with existing tertiary recycled water for South Bay Water Recycling Program's customers